LOCHBROOM WOODFUELS LTD Company limited by shares SC434301 Lochbroom Woodfuels Ltd, Harbour Business Park, Morefield, Ullapool IV26 2SR Phone: 01854 612328 Email: helen@lochbroomwoodfuels.com Website: www.lochbroomwoodfuels.com Lochbroom Woodfuels Ltd is a trading subsidiary of Ullapool Community Trust Limited, company no SC356419, charity number SCO41228
Job Title: Yard Assistant Based at: Lochbroom Woodfuels, Yard 5, Harbour Business Park, Ullapool, IV26 2SR Reports to: Workin’ Wood Co-ordinator Hours: 25 hours per week Duration: 9 months Eligibility Criteria: This vacancy is made available through Community Jobs Scotland. Applicants must be aged 16 to 17 and be unemployed. Please contact your Jobcentre advisor or your local Skills Development Scotland careers advisor to find out if you are eligible and to apply. Our Company: Lochbroom Woodfuels is a small, award winning social enterprise. We produce, sell and deliver various firewood products. We also create training and employment opportunities for young people in the local area. Protecting the environment and supporting the community is important to us. Job Purpose Summary: You’ll help the rest of the team process and deliver firewood, keep the yard safe and organised and assist customers who buy directly from the yard. This is a great opportunity to get practical, hands-on work experience and high-quality certified training. Key responsibilities: 1. Process and stack firewood at our yard, following our safe working procedures 2. Operate and maintain machinery 3. Assist customers who want to collect firewood from our yard 4. Assist with deliveries or make own deliveries as necessary 5. Deliver stacking service at customer’s homes; co-ordinate volunteer stackers for customers unable to do it themselves due to illness, old age or disability 6. Assist the log processor operators when processing machinery is on hire 7. Keep the yard safe and tidy, maintain machinery 8. Be open to new business opportunities and communicate these to the Business Manager 9. This is not an exhaustive list; you may be asked to carry out other tasks appropriate to the running of the yard